Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813-15 March 1898) was a British inventor who pioneered a steelmaking process called the "Bessemer process" during the Industrial Revolution - oxidation removed impurities from steel while keeping it molten. Bessemer reduced the cost of steelmaking with his invention, and he profited financially from its success. Sheffield grew into a major industrial center as a result of Bessemer's innovation, and Bessemer would also invent 100 other devices to assist in the fields of iron, steel, and glass.